French soldiers patrol the area at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Photo: Getty)

A state of emergency has been declared in France after the night of horror in Paris in which at least 120 people are feared dead.

There were two suicide attacks and a bombing near the Stade de France stadium, shootings at restaurants and a massacre inside the Bataclan theatre where US rock band Eagles of Death Metal were playing.

In the UK, David Cameron will chair a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee in after the worst violence to hit France since the Second World War.